User's Manual

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highestpointintheroom,sothatthesignalcanbedistributedtoyourroom.If
yourhomeisatwo‐storybuilding,youneedtoinstalltherepeatersignal
expandingcoverage.
Eliminateinterference
Householdappliances,suchascordlessphones,microwaves,andtelevisionsas
faraspossiblefromtherouter/accesspoint.Thiswillgreatlyreducethe
electricalinterferencecausedbytheworkofthesamefrequency.
Security
Preventyournextdoorneighborsorintrudersconnecttoyourwireless
network.Opentherouter'sWPAorWEPsecurityfeaturestoprotectyourwireless
network.Pleaserefertotheproductmanualtosetthe
propertiesdetailed
information.
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WirelessSecurity
Thissectiondescribesthedifferentlevelsofsecurityyoucanusetoprotectyour
datafromintrusion..
ipc1providesthefollowingsecuritytypes:
•  WPA‐PSK(pre‐sharedpassword)
•  WEP(WiredEquivalentPrivacy)
WhatisWEP?
WEPmeansWiredEquivalentPrivacy.ItisbasedontheIEEE802.11standard,
usingtheRC4encryptionalgorithm.WEPfordataencryptiononyourwireless
networktoprovidesecurity,sothatitcanprotectthesecurityoftransmission
fromonewirelessdevicetoanother.
ToaccesstheWEPnetwork,youmustknowthekey.Thekeyisthestringyoucreate.
UsingWEP,youmustspecifythelevelofencryption.Thetypeofencryption
determinesthekeylength.128‐bitencryptionkeyislongerthan64.KeyinputHEX
(16hex‐0‐9,AF)orASCII(AmericanStandardInformationInterchangeCode‐
alphanumericcharacters)formatstringdefinition.ASCIIformatallowsyoutoenter
theeasy‐to‐rememberstring.ASCIIstringusedonthenetworktransmitted
convertedintoHEX.Righteousnessfourkeyscanbegiven,mainlyYoucaneasily
changethekey.
WhatisWPA?